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A telephone hearing was held which provided some of Neal's side of the story:

Schon denies there’s been any mismanagement or dysfunction, and some disputes described in Cain’s petition already have been resolved, said Jack Yoskowitz of Seward & Kissel, representing the guitarist.

Full article below

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/securitie ... ware-court

And this post from Neal today:
https://x.com/NealSchonMusic/status/1821266698215026869

[i][i]“I’m not qualified to decide who the drummer ought to be,” he said.

“That’s not what we envision at all,” Liebesman replied, adding that’s one issue already resolved.[/i][/i]

Is Deen's status now part of the dispute? With him sitting out a gig last week, I'm curious...

FamilyMan wrote:[i][i]“I’m not qualified to decide who the drummer ought to be,” he said.

“That’s not what we envision at all,” Liebesman replied, adding that’s one issue already resolved.[/i][/i]

Is Deen's status now part of the dispute? With him sitting out a gig last week, I'm curious...

More reporting from AP.

The dispute also has even spilled over to creative differences, including Cain’s disagreement with Schon’s selection of a substitute drummer for a Toronto performance last week, and whether Cain should play rhythm guitar during performances of the 1978 song “Wheel in the Sky.”

https://apnews.com/article/music-rock-j ... 62620cf8ad

Hasn’t Jonathan mostly (always?) played rhythm guitar on WITS? There’s minimal keyboards on the original recording, at least from what I can hear. I even recall Neal once saying he liked two guitars on this song to give it a heavier/harder rock feel. Assuming Jason would also be playing keys, this really doesn’t make sense, IMHO.

Moonglow wrote:Hasn’t Jonathan mostly (always?) played rhythm guitar on WITS? There’s minimal keyboards on the original recording, at least from what I can hear. I even recall Neal once saying he liked two guitars on this song to give it a heavier/harder rock feel. Assuming Jason would also be playing keys, this really doesn’t make sense, IMHO.

Yes, he's always played rhythm guitar on that song so I don"t why know all the sudden has a problem with it now unless his wife is the one with the problem. I've been wondering a lot lately if she has more power than people realize.

We don't know what the dispute is over Cain playing rhythm guitar. Maybe Neal doesn't want him to play during Wheel anymore.

I wonder what Neal thought of having three guitars for the song


https://youtu.be/Pvv1xgzdH4c?si=doCNzZ2EjCLhSZ5p

Neal once said that he's tried to get Jonathan to go on tour without the grand piano, just guitar.

kmjrr wrote:Neal once said that he's tried to get Jonathan to go on tour without the grand piano, just guitar.

Where and when did he say this?

FamilyMan wrote:

kmjrr wrote:Neal once said that he's tried to get Jonathan to go on tour without the grand piano, just guitar.

Where and when did he say this?

In an audio interview, I wouldn't know where to look for it. His point was that he'd like a guitar-driven tour.

Saw a video of them walking out on stage in Dallas the other night. Cain was carrying his guitar. I kind of laughed.

kmjrr wrote:

FamilyMan wrote:

kmjrr wrote:Neal once said that he's tried to get Jonathan to go on tour without the grand piano, just guitar.

Where and when did he say this?

In an audio interview, I wouldn't know where to look for it. His point was that he'd like a guitar-driven tour.

I would like to see that myself but but a tour like that wouldn’t sell well considering most of the dirty dozen and piano and keyboard driven songs.